1987 VFL Season Qualifying Final: Hawthorn v Sydney

This is the match report for the match played on 5 September 1987 between Hawthorn and Sydney in the qualifying final of the 1987 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted Sydney at VFL Park. Michael Tuck captained the hosts. Dennis Carroll captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Allan Jeans and the visitors were coached by Tom Hafey.

Hawthorn (23.18.156) defeated Sydney (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1987 VFL Season
Round: Qualifying Final
Teams: Hawthorn v Sydney
Date: Saturday 5 September 1987
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: VFL Park
Attendance: 47,752

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. Sydney
Score: 23.18.156 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 5 . 7 9 . 10 16 . 13 23 . 18 23 . 18 (156)
Sydney 2 . 4 5 . 7 7 . 9 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin HWTH by 21 HWTH by 27 HWTH by 58 HWTH by 99 HWTH by 99
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Michael Tuck
Coach: Allan Jeans

Sydney

Captain: Dennis Carroll
Coach: Tom Hafey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Dore
R. Sawers

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
39 Abbott, Paul BPR ? 0 0 13 11 2 6 0 2 1 1
7 Ayres, Gary BPL ? 0 0 20 14 6 4 0 2 0 2
23 Brereton, Dermott HFFL ? 6 1 18 14 4 9 0 1 3 1
11 Buckenara, Gary HFFR ? 5 1 32 24 8 10 3 1 1 1
40 Collins, Andy FPR ? 0 2 23 15 8 4 0 2 1 1
25 Curran, Peter FPL ? 0 0 17 8 9 6 0 2 1 3
14 Dear, Greg RU ? 0 1 14 9 5 4 6 1 1 0
13 Dear, Paul INT ? 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 1
9 DiPierdomenico, Robert WL ? 2 0 31 18 13 9 0 3 2 1
19 Dunstall, Jason FF ? 5 4 12 10 2 9 0 0 0 0
26 Eade, Rodney INT ? 0 0 8 8 0 2 0 1 1 0
1 Jencke, Ray HBFR ? 0 0 9 4 5 4 0 1 0 1
34 Kennedy, John HBFL ? 1 0 27 19 8 3 0 0 4 0
24 Langford, Chris FB ? 0 0 7 4 3 3 1 0 0 2
2 Mew, Chris CHB ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 2 1 1
15 Morris, Russell CHF ? 0 4 22 15 7 8 0 1 3 1
44 Platten, John RO ? 0 1 23 16 7 1 0 0 2 4
4 Russo, Peter WR ? 2 0 18 10 8 5 0 3 1 1
30 Schwab, Peter C ? 1 1 24 14 10 2 0 1 1 1
17 Tuck, Michael (c) RR ? 1 1 20 17 3 5 0 4 0 0
Rushed 2
Total (20 players) 23 18 353 237 116 95 10 27 23 22

Sydney

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA FF FA
30 Bayes, Mark ? ? 1 1 10 9 1 1 1 2 1 0
16 Bolton, David ? ? 0 1 19 12 7 1 0 2 1 2
11 Browning, Mark ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 1 0 0
14 Byrne, Michael ? ? 0 2 5 2 3 0 2 1 0 0
39 Capper, Warwick ? ? 4 1 6 6 0 2 0 0 0 1
7 Carroll, Dennis (c) ? ? 0 0 13 12 1 2 0 1 0 3
13 Carter, Rod ? ? 0 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 0 0
23 Coleman, Glenn ? ? 0 0 6 3 3 2 1 0 0 0
29 Cordy, Neil ? ? 0 0 6 5 1 3 0 3 0 1
34 Hawke, Paul ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 0 0 2 4 2
3 Healy, Gerard ? ? 1 1 21 12 9 4 0 1 0 0
9 Henwood, Wayne ? ? 0 0 10 5 5 0 1 3 2 2
1 Ironmonger, John ? ? 0 0 6 1 5 3 11 1 2 1
10 Mitchell, Barry ? ? 1 1 30 19 11 3 0 0 5 3
21 Morwood, Tony ? ? 0 1 15 8 7 7 0 0 0 2
4 Neagle, Merv ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 1 1 0
5 Roberts, Ian ? ? 0 0 8 5 3 1 0 1 0 2
33 Thripp, Terry ? ? 0 0 11 7 4 1 0 0 0 1
2 Williams, Greg ? ? 0 0 24 14 10 1 0 1 4 3
26 Wright, Stephen ? ? 1 0 16 4 12 1 0 2 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 8 9 234 142 92 34 16 22 22 23

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Hawthorn Coach: Allan Jeans
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






14 G. Dear 13 P. Dear
40 A. Collins 19 J. Dunstall 25 P. Curran 17 M. Tuck (c) 26 R. Eade
FORWARD 44 J. Platten

HALF-BACK













11 G. Buckenara 15 R. Morris 23 D. Brereton



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













4 P. Russo 30 P. Schwab 9 R. DiPierdomenico FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













1 R. Jencke 2 C. Mew 34 J. Kennedy



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













39 P. Abbott 24 C. Langford 7 G. Ayres



BACK



Sydney Coach: Tom Hafey